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China confirms latest bird flu death

January 6, 2009 23:37:00

China's health ministry has confirmed that a 19-year-old woman died of the H5N1 bird flu virus in Beijing on Monday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.[MORE]

Tags: health, diseases-and-disorders, avian-influenza, china

Chinese police search for suspect in axe murders

January 6, 2009 19:44:00

Police in central China have launched a manhunt for a love-lorn junk collector suspected in the axe murders of eight people, including a two-year-old boy, state media reported.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, murder-and-manslaughter, china

Cargo ship evades pirates off Somalia

January 6, 2009 19:37:00

A cargo ship with 32 Chinese crew aboard evaded an attack by four pirate boats in the piracy-plagued Gulf of Aden, China's state media reported.[MORE]

Tags: unrest-conflict-and-war, china, djibouti, sierra-leone, somalia

China threatens to block Google

January 6, 2009 09:00:00

Chinese authorities have launched a fresh campaign to get rid of what they say is unhealthy, vulgar and pornographic content on the internet.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, business-regulation, information-and-communication, internet, china

4yo's dismembered body found in China fridge: report

January 6, 2009 08:34:00

A four-year-old girl's dismembered body has been found in a fridge in southern China, leading to the arrest of a man who allegedly once said human flesh was "delicious", state media reported.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, china

Sydney FC chairman backs Kossie

January 5, 2009 19:36:00

Sydney FC chairman Andrew Kemeny has backed under-pressure coach John Kosmina, saying the club's players must shoulder some blame for the side's poor season.[MORE]

Tags: sport, football, aleague, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, china

Sydney FC forms partnership with Shanghai Shenhua

January 5, 2009 12:42:00

Sydney FC says it is entering into a formal relationship with prominent Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua.[MORE]

Tags: sport, football, aleague, australia, nsw, sydney-2000, china

Hopes China reducing missiles aimed at Taiwan

January 4, 2009 23:12:00

China may be planning to slowly reduce the number of missiles aimed at Taiwan in a significant show of goodwill towards the self-ruled island, a Taiwanese military official said.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, china, taiwan

Chinese fireworks plant blast kills 13

January 4, 2009 18:00:00

An explosion in an illegal fireworks plant in east China has killed 13 workers, the state-run media agency says, citing government officials.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, china

China, Vietnam resolve border dispute

January 1, 2009 08:16:00

China and Vietnam say they have resolved a border dispute almost 30 years after fighting a war which left tens of thousands of people dead.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, china, vietnam

Dairy boss pleads guilty over China tainted milk scandal

December 31, 2008 23:10:00

The chairwoman of a Chinese diary company has gone on trial over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children and made thousands ill.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, china

China's Hu calls for military exchanges with Taiwan

December 31, 2008 16:14:00

Chinese President Hu Jintao has called for military exchanges with Taiwan, in another sign of rapidly improving ties between the former arch enemies.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, china, taiwan

Indonesia police bust major drug smuggling ring

December 31, 2008 01:24:00

Indonesian police have cracked a smuggling ring that was importing drugs worth over $1 million to Indonesia and China, an official said.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, china, indonesia

China finds "largest dinosaur fossil site" in world

December 30, 2008 20:00:00

Scientists in China say they have discovered the world's largest dinosaur fossil site in the eastern province of Shandong, state media reports.[MORE]

Tags: science-and-technology, archaeology, china

Massive quake rebuild holds key for China economy

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December 30, 2008 18:20:00

China hopes a national program to rebuild after May's devastating earthquake will provide a boost for its economy.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, world-politics, china

Natural disaster costs rising on back of climate change: reinsurer

December 30, 2008 15:08:00

One of the world's biggest re-insurance companies, Munich RE, says this year has been among the worst for losses from natural disasters. [MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, insurance, disasters-and-accidents, cyclones, earthquake, china, burma

Russia and China hook up military hotline

December 30, 2008 10:05:00

Chinese and Russian military leaders have spoken to each other on a new phone hotline for the first time. [MORE]

Tags: world-politics, china, russian-federation

China pandas sniff at Taiwan bamboo, lose weight

December 29, 2008 18:00:00

Two giant pandas, goodwill gifts from China to political rival Taiwan, are losing weight since their arrival on the island last week because of a different diet and lack of exercise, a zoo official says.[MORE]

Tags: human-interest, animals, china, taiwan

China puts 4 more on trial in tainted milk scandal

December 29, 2008 15:25:00

Four people have gone on trial in north China in connection with the country's tainted-milk scandal, bringing the number before the courts to 10, state media said.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, food-and-beverage, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, china

China firms to compensate tainted milk victims

December 27, 2008 23:20:00

Chinese dairy firms that sold baby formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine will pay compensation to the families of nearly 300,000 children who were killed or sickened as a result, state media reported on Saturday.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, health, food-safety, china

32 dead in China explosion, lift collapse

December 27, 2008 19:16:00

An explosion has rocked a Chinese village and a construction lift has plummeted to the ground in a Chinese provincial capital, killing at least 32 people, the official Xinhua news agency said.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, home-accidents, workplace-accidents, china

Multiple China quakes cause mass evacuations

December 27, 2008 10:00:00

Chinese state media is reporting that three earthquakes have jolted the country's south-western provinces, injuring 19 people and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands more.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, china

Six on trial over China milk scandal

December 27, 2008 07:38:00

Six people have been put on trial in China for their part in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six children and made 300,000 people ill.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, food-safety, china

Thousands evacuated after quakes hit SW China

December 27, 2008 01:35:00

Two earthquakes have jolted China's south-western province of Yunnan, injuring nine people and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, state media said, citing local authorities.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, china, burma

Chinese destroyers head to fight Somali pirates

December 27, 2008 01:22:00

Three Chinese naval vessels have left for Somalia to help tackle piracy in a sign of the country's rising global clout, and Japan says it may soon follow suit.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, crime, international-law, unrest-conflict-and-war, china, japan, somalia